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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1928.
日五十月三
·936 FUR ANKU.
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#INGLE COPT 10 OUNTS
THE EXTRADITION FRENCH AIR DASH GRAVE TSINAN CONFLICT.
CASE.
IMPORTANT POINT IS
DECIDED.
NO NEED TO PRODUCE THE WARRANT.
MURDER. DESCRIBED.
TO HANOI.
D'OISY TO ATTEMPT FEAT IN FOUR DAYS.
THEN TO HONGKONG.
The Telegraph is able. to an- nounce to-day that commencing to- day or to-morrow, according to weather conditions, Captain Pet- letier D'Olay, the famous French airman, will attempt a dash from The proceedings instituted by Paris to Himoi, hoping to make the the Crown, before Mr. R. E. Land- | trip within four days, sell at the Central Police Court, for the extradition of an alleged fugitive offender from Kwanglung, wore continued this morning, when his Worship gave his ruling on a accond point raised by M. Hin ahing Lo in regard to the legality of the proceedings,
His Worship had previously rul- ed that the receipt of the requisi- tion from the Canton authorities was a purely executive act, not concerning the Court, and that hel
Captain D'Oisy will fly a Potez plane, equipped with a Lorraine motor of 470 hp, and will be ne- companied by two passengers.
The Intrepid aviator has under- taken a colossal task, and if he succeeds in the project will bent The amazing record, created by Costes and Lebrix. which WRS, however, succeeding_a_non-ston fight of over 2,000 miles from Takye to Hanoi.
had no power to compel its produc-tain D'Oray is expected to come to When the font is completed, Cap tion in the proceedings.
Not Necessary.
On the second point of the pro- duction of a foreign warrant of arrest and accusation made in the country of origin, his Worship now further ruled that he consider- ed that the issuance of a warrant by the Chinese authorities need not be proved, or any such war- 'rant be produced in his Court,
As regards the accusation in the country of origin, the second wit- ness, which is the son of the mur dered man, had already proved in his evidence that a formal accusa- tion was raised by him to the Nam Hol Magistrate. Hence that point Tecil not be raised.
Hongkong, and to extend his flight from here to Shanghai and Peking.
HOTEL SHOOTING
SENSATION.
POLICEMAN AND CRIMINAL
SHOT DEAD.
BURST FOR FREEDOM.
Toronto. May 3.
A sensationd shooting affray oc- curred in the Hotel Peterborough, Ontario, to-day when palize
Victim's Son's Evklence, officers were endeavouring to Leung Hartak, the son of the effect the arreat of a crimimi murdered man, stated that his named David Montgomery.
father was the Commander, of the
Montgomery and, a police-con-
Volunteer Corps of their village,stalde mamed Norman Maker were
Happy Valley,
LEE HYSAN MURDER SHANGHAI STREET
HUNT.
DETECTIVES SENT TO MACAO AND CANTON.
JAPANESE TROOPS IN SEVEN-HOUR REWARD INCREASED.
BATTLE WITH CHINESE.
Tokyo Excited Over Reports Of Alleged
Massacres and Looting.
HUNDREDS OF
CASUALTIES.
Extremely grave news comes to hand this morning from Business Suspended. Tuinanfu, a serious conflict. having occurred between the
All shops have suspended Japanese troops and the Nationalists, who, according to reports, business, and the barricades which ran amok and were indulging in indiscriminato looting.
had been taken away when the The Japanese troops were apparently forced to open Nationalists entered the city have fire and a severe engagement Insting for over, seven hours again been put up. ensued.
"
Police officials have been unre: mitting in their efforts to trace the murderer of Mr. Lee Hysani but up to the present, their efforts have proved unavailing,
Little hope is now held out for an early arrest of the culprit, but detectives. have been sent to Ma- cao and Canton to continue their
enquiries, and it is hoped that something definite may be learned from these sources,
We are reliably informed to-day that the family of the late Mr. Lee Hysan are announcing the in-
BATTLE.
ONE KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED.
ARMED BANDITS, LOOT CHINESE HOUSE,
PEDESTRIANS HIT.
Shanghai, Apr. 30. police and a gang of armed rob
In a thrilling gun battle between bors, which sent scores of pedes lets from guns in the hands of des trians scurrying for safely as bulè perate men flew in all directions,
crease of the reward offered farne desperado was shot dead, an- the apprehension of the murderer trians and one Chinese police con- other wounded and three podes- to $20,000, while it is contemplat stable wounded. One of the ban- ed that, if necessary, this will be alts were arrested. increased to $50,000.
** The gun battle began at 7 o'clock No.light has been shed on tliet night and lasted several origin of the threatening letters minutes. The scene was a Chinese received by the victim before he dwelling house at 595 Shanhai- Club. was fatally shot in the Yue Kee kwan Road, in the Sinza district. premises nt Wellington Shortly before 7 o'clock seven men, Street, and though the Police are three of whom were armed with continuing their investigations in pistols, entered the residence and this direction, it is feared thatayatematically looted it, obtaining a Marshal Chiang Kai-shek order-the senders cannot now be traced. quantity of jewellery, clothing and The Japanese military losses are stated to be five killed ed the Chinese troops to stop re- The late Mr. Lec Hyson's
a sum in cash. and twenty wounded, whilst a hundred Japanese were also turning the fire on the Japanese brother has been actively con- While the robbers were on the killed. Other foreign nationals have suffered damage, though. forces shortly after the clash start cerning himself with the police premises the alarm was raised by no casualties have yet been reported,
ed, whilst Mr. Hwang Fu, the endeavours to trace the mur- one of the inmates, who managed The better-organised Japanese troops inflicted severe Nationalist Foreign Minister, has derer, are informed.. and to elude the robber guards and casualties on their adversaries and the latest report from been instructed to approach the there is a likelihood that he also escaped to the street. Shanghai states that at least 800 Nationalist soldiers were negotiations.
Japanese to cease firing pending will go to Macao, with this object
"The firing had not evased up to 6 p.m.
killed or wounded in the battle.
The fighting was quelled after anxious consultation between Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese leaders, but it is reported from Tokyo that further reinforcements will be despatched immediately.
Apparently the affair started with a mild dispute on the outskirts of the Japanese quarter, assuming more serious proportions later, on. The Chinese soldiers found their way easily into the district as the wire entanglements had been removed.
in view.
we
The Nationalists are preparing TERRIFIC STORM to lodge a strong protest Num Chaug Pao. with the Japanese Government.
ふう
Northerners Disarmel.
Naval incasages confirm the fact that two thousand Northern troops have been disarnied by Japanese at Tsingtao, following threats that they would loot the city unless a
While the fugitive was known to be shot dead, while another police JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS SENT. of money was paid, to
the leader of the Peasant Corps in constable, named Stewart, was
a division which had its headquar-") wounded.
ters in the village of Fong Chuen Tau. As far as he knew, there had been no quarrel between the two
men.
Describing the occurrence of the murder, witness then said that on December 11th of last year, he was with his father and two other clans men when they passed the Five eved Bridge Railway Station, o their way to Sau Shui: Village.
They were passed at this point by a party of between 40 and 50 armed men of the Peasant Carps. The fugitive, Wong Him, was the londer of this party, and as he puss- ed witness' father, he fired two shots with an automatie and killed kim,
Not a single word was uttered before the act, and witness did not wait to see more, but took to his heels;
From that day, witness had never syen, the fugitive; until recently, when he saw him under arrest, in Hongkong.
Maker was aboa! ka arrest Montgomery, when the after sud-
quick exchange
Tokyo, Muy 4.
denly drew a revolver. There was Serious developments connect
of shots, and ed with the presence of Japanese Maker fell dead, while Montgo-troops in Tainanfu ure reported in mery made a dash for freedom. messages received from Tientsin He shot and wannded Stewart in and Tsingtao yesterday."
behaviour on the
them.
n
allowed to enter.
The extent of the damage caus-
"
LONDON.
The inmate notified a Chinese constable, who blow his whistle, summoning other constables to the scene. As the constable drew IN near the house the robbers emerg- saw them and immediately opened fire. The constables drow their guns and returned the fire.'
TROPICAL RAINS DRENCH THEATRE-GOERS.
SNOW IN SCOTLAND.
home.
London, May 4,
cd,
Neighbourhood Alarmed.
The crack of pistols alarmed the entire neighbourhood and attracted other police to the vicinity. Then followed a running gun battle, the desperadoes firing at the police as they ran.
C. P. C. 1738 fell with a bullet After a day of sultry heat, a in the left side. He raised him- The Japanese are now forming cordon round the city similar to vivid flash of lightning, heavy self on an arm as he lay in the ive been disarnied by the Japan- the Shughur Defence rolls of thunder, a storm of tropi-street and fired three times at the se troops.--Renter.
Force, and the riff-raff will not be cal rain burst over London and man who shot him.
Three Chinese pedestrians. ven- the South of England late last Easy Entry.
tored into the line of fire and were night. Shanghai, May 4, ..
As the theatre-goers had been brought down by bullets from the ed by the Northern planes which enticed by the second warmest day guns of the robbers. None of them 12.10 p.m. his fight, but the latter brought Fighting between the Japanes
bombed the Langhua district'yes of the year to shed their overcoats is believed to have sustained seri". Peking reports from Tsinanfu terday is not known. him down with a fatal wound.--forces, and Nationalist troops is state that the Chinese troops
and umbrellas, many of them were ous wounds. Reuter's Amerionu Service.
Police pistols quickly brought soaked to the skin on their way down one of the bandits, as he at growing much more serious, Al- found it euay to penetrate into the
Dispute Continues. ready there have been many dan- Japanese Settlement, as, owing to
escape by fleeing Shanghai, May 3. gerous incidents, and atmerous their orderly
The storm began in south-east tempted to
Another According to reports from for- London, travelled through the through an alleyway. casualties have been experienced previous day, the wire entangle- eign sources, a clash occurred be- City and thence to the northern robber also dropped but rose and by bath sides.
ments barricading the place had tween Japanese troops and a band and western suburbs, returning was later found in a small creek continued to run. This man's body. Already it is announced that the been removed.
of Nationalists who were about later to the City.
in the vicinity of Takn and Avenue apanese have suffered the loss of The firing lasted for several
to commence looting Japanese The deluge caused hugo rivu-Roads. He was dead. officers and thirty men hours., wounded in recent affrays in pre-
went on for lets which impeded traffic for some shops. The affray A messige from Dairen states venting interference with Japan that a mixed Brigade of 2,000 has me Lime and casualties were minutes, while several houses were
suffered by both sides..
atruck by lightning.
One of the victims of the rob ese residents.-Bruter.
bren ordered to Tsingtao, in view
The dispute is still continuing In the meantime snow was fall-bera' bullets, a pedestrian, is be of the dangerous situation and further and more serious in- ing in Scotland.
lieved to have been shot by a robber Reuter.
cidents are feared unless some Denne fog caused a mishap in as the pedestrian emerged from check is placed on the Nationalist the Channel though details are not his home to ascertain the cause of forces.
available. Router.
the shooting. According to one. report the robber" shot down the pedestrian without reason.
CRITICAL TIME FOR
COTTON.
IMPORTANT AND DANGER- OUS-DECISIONS.
London, May 3. Important decisions are expect-
four
Run Amok.
Naval wireless messages sen
More Troops on 'Way,
Tokyo, May 4.
ed to be taken at Manchester to- morrow when the report of the ceived in Hongkong this morning breakdown at the recent Cotton state that according to informa- Conference, will be submitted to tion received, the troops of Mar- the Executive Commitees of the shal Chiang Kai-shek have run hostilities which broke out in organisations,
Reported Mas-Acre.
On receipt of the news, of the
Scene of the Conflict,
DEATH.
Search for Murderer.
Master Spinners and Manfactures' amok in Tainunfu, and are indulg Tsinanfu, Major General Iwakura The serious conflict between U.S. BANKER'S SUDDEN Witnes produced an official reply From the Nam Hot Magistrate to It is understood that the Federa-footing.
ing in indiscriminate firing and decided to rush the remaining Japanese troops and uncontrolled troops at Tsingtao to Tainanfu, Nationalists must have taken the Volunteer Corps of Sut Shautions Wages Committee will re-
leaving the naval forces to protect place in Shang-nu or the trading regarding the murder, in which It commend that the present agree-
Tsingtao.
centre of Tsinanfu, which is locat appears that the Magistrate upon ments be brought to an end.-- receipt of a petition from the wit- ness, had issued instructions to the military to look fór the persons responsible for the mur- der.
The name of Wong Him, the fugitive, did not appear in this document, and witness was quen-
Router.
JAPANESE POLITICAL
AFFAIRS.
Aloned how he could reconcile this PREMIÈR ASSUMES ANOTHER sidenta in Tsinanfu. with the situation.
The War Office is now consider- ed outside the West gate of the ing the depatch of reinforcements city wall, and was laid out as a from Japan and from Manchuria. foreign commercial settlement in 1900, upon the initiative of the -Reuter.
Chinese Government and not as the result of Treaties with foreign Powers.
Shanghai, May 4,
12 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Ostke states that Interest in the critical [political situation in Tokyo has Reinforcements from Korca.
been completely overshadowed by the intense anxiety over the "ve- *
Tokyo, Later The Cabinet has decided to des- porte of a massacre of Japanese re-
patch a Brigade of troops from The newspapers are filled with Korea to Dairen, in readiness to HIGH POST.
special messages and War Office proceed to Tainanfu if necessary. Tokyo, May 4. reports, all of which Indicate that The resignation of the Minister tens of thousands of Southern sol- tion the fugitive's name, and wit of the Interior has been accepted, liers are looting the city, and that noss attributed its absence from the reply of the Nam Hoi Magig and the Premier has temporarily a hundred Japanese residents have trate as being due to a probable assumed the portfolio, In addition been killed. Reuter, desire of the authorities to keep it to his duties ng Foreign Minister,
which he holds already.
Witness replied that in the
formal accusation and original
petition, he did specifically men-
dark.
Leung Hoi, who was with the deceased at the time of the murder, deposed that he was a clansman of the latter and of the previous witness. He described how they were walking-towards Sau Shul, *strung along in a line on one alde of the railway tracks, when they were... overtaken by a party of Peasant Volunteers, coming up from Fong Chuen Tau.
As the fugitive, who was the leader of these peasants, passed, witness' heard him shout "Shoot" Him," and saw him fire two shots trom an automatic, with which type of weapon all the peasant party appeared to be armed,
The hearing was adjourned.
A general re-organisation of the Cabinet after the Diet Session is expected, when separate Home and reign Ministers will probably be appointed.-Reuter.
GOALLESS DRAW.
THIRD DIVISION MATCH YESTERDAY.
Reuter,
Chinese Reports.
MR. A. KRECH DIES IN HARNESS AT 70.
Shot In Cold Blood.
The entire vicinity at the inter section of Taku. and Avenue Roads was thrown into a state of excite ment and fear by the pistol reports and the yells of the robbers as they fled before the police.
The wounded were taken to the Shantung Road Hospital.
THREAT TO BRITISH STEAMER.
New York, May 3.. Mr. Alvin Krech, the well-known international banker, and Chair- man of the Equitable Trust Com- Formerly graveyards, it hud pany, died suddenly while. work- thriving ing at his office in Wall Street been converted into a
CHINKIANG TROOPS HAVE DESIGNS ON CARGO, township touching the city of to-day,
Mr. Krech was within a few Teinun, and contains official build- ings, such as the railway stations days of his 70th birthday, and had
Chinklang, May 9.". of the Shantung and Tientsin-been connected with the Equitable
Troops allegedly acting under Pukow Rallways, the G.P.O., the Trust Company for over 25 years.
He was a director of many big instructions from a so-called Boy' Shanghai, May 4 Japanese Consulate, etc.
Practically all foreign business business concerns in US, and had cott Society, threatened to seize A serious clash between the Japanese troops and the Nation is located in this district and the received many European honours the "cargo of the British a.. aliste has occurred at Tsinan, situation in being watched with for his financial work, including Kingwo to-day. Fighting is still going on at anxiety by all the Powers with in- the Legion of Honour-Reuters Shanghai, May 44,
American, Service. 12.05 p.m.
several place points, and quite a terests in Shang-pu. number of casualties have been According to a message from suffered by the Nationalist and the
War Reports, Tientsin, Japanese wireless re- Japanese forces.
Shanghai, May 3. U.S. NAVAL BUILDING ports from Tsinanfu sinte that the
Later. The latest reports from the war
PROGRAMME. fighting there has been quelled by
Explaining the clash, Chinese zone show that the Northerners the joint efforts of the Japanese reports state that yesterday when are shortening their defensive line and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. a number of unarmed Nationalist and are carrying out an organised
The fighting busted seven hours, soldiers passed the road where retirement on all fronta during which the Japanese mili- Japanese soldiers were on guard, It seems fairly definite that the tary casualties were five killed the lattor tried to hold them Shantung troops will concentrate
Fighting Quelled.
A dangerous situation however was averted by peaceful persuasion and the cargo was handled by the crow, apparantly without untoward Hncident-Naval Wireless.
NO FURTHER BUDGET DIFFICULTY.
FINANCE: BILL PASSES THE FIRST READING.
LIKELY ACCEPTANCE OF
CONGRESS VOTE. ·
Washington, May 8. and twenty wounded, In addition up, but they insisted on proceed- on. Tehehow and will make this The Naval Committee of the to many Japanese residents killing, Later, quarrel broke out point their first line of defence, Senate has approved the building
London, May 3, resulted and the firing London, May B.
The House of Commons to-day in while on the Peking-Hankow rail-programme passed by the House of At Shepherd's Bush to-day, Inj
Other foreigners are also ro, casualties to the Chinese."
way Paotingfu is the point chosen topresentatives, authorising the
fifteen light confirmed the remainder of the Third
Budget resolutiens, and the Fin Division
Exciting scenes were then wit for the stand. If defeated, the construction the
(South),ported to have suffered, but so far
neased when Nationalist troops Northorns will fail back on cruisers and an additional alreraftance Bill was given a Brat reading. Queen's Park Rangora and Norno details are available.
carrier-Reuter's American Ser
-Reuter The Chinese casualties are esti- took action to assist their com Machang and Changeintion. wich City played a goalless draw,
mated to be 800, while over 1,000, rades Reuter.
ed;
(Continued on Page 14.).
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